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TLDR AI 2023-06-06

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01GENERAL

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PROFESSIONALS

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02HEADLINES & LAUNCHES

THE FALCON HAS LANDED IN THE HUGGING FACE ECOSYSTEM

Hugging Face has released Falcon, a new open-source framework for building and deploying large language models (LLMs). Falcon is designed to be fast, efficient, and scalable, and it can be used to train and deploy LLMs on a variety of hardware platforms, including CPUs, GPUs, and TPUs.

huggingface.co10 min read

03RESEARCH & INNOVATION

VICO: LIGHTWEIGHT TEXT-TO-IMAGE GENERATION USING DIFFUSION MODELS

ViCo is a new technique designed to generate realistic images based on textual descriptions, with the ability to capture fine details of novel concepts from just a few examples. Unlike other methods, ViCo is light on system resources and doesn't need to fine-tune the original model's parameters, yet it still outperforms leading models by focusing on visual semantics, using an attention-based object mask and employing a unique way to reduce overfitting.

github.comGitHub repository

GATEON: A NEW METHOD FOR BETTER CONTINUAL LEARNING

GateON is a new technique that helps neural networks learn a series of tasks without forgetting previous ones, a common problem known as 'catastrophic forgetting'. It achieves this by creating overlapping connections between tasks and protecting important knowledge from being overwritten. GateOn has a mechanism to re-activate 'fixed' neurons, making it a powerful tool for large-scale learning tasks, whether it's identifying hand-written numbers or understanding natural language.

arxiv.org20 min read

04ENGINEERING & RESOURCES

This study presents an approach in text-to-image (T2I) research by introducing 'Prompt-Free Diffusion', a system that generates images solely based on visual inputs, with no text prompts required. It utilizes a unique structure called 'Semantic Context Encoder (SeeCoder)' to interpret a reference image, an optional image structure, and some initial noise, making it easier to create detailed, personalized images and outperforming previous image synthesis methods.

github.comGitHub repository

TREE OF THOUGHT

Tree of Thoughts (ToT) is an all-new powerful and flexible algorithm that advances model reasoning by 70%

github.comGitHub repository

QLORA

This repo supports the paper "QLoRA: Efficient Finetuning of Quantized LLMs", an effort to democratize access to LLM research.

github.comGitHub repository

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MODELS

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05MISCELLANEOUS

THE TECH INDUSTRY WAS DEFLATING. THEN CAME CHATGPT

The tech industry was deflating in 2022, but then ChatGPT came along and sparked a new AI boom. Venture capitalists have invested over $11 billion in AI start-ups since then, and companies from Moderna to Heinz have mentioned AI initiatives on recent earnings calls.

msn.com5 min read

AI DOES NOT HELP PROGRAMMERS

In this article, Bertrand Meyer argues that AI does not help programmers and that it is not a silver bullet for software development. He cites several reasons for this, including the fact that AI is not always accurate, can be difficult to integrate into existing workflows, and can be expensive to implement.

cacm.acm.org8 min read

GPT BEST PRACTICES

This guide shares strategies and tactics for getting better results from GPTs.

platform.openai.com15 min read